258 allen’s naturalist’s library. 
Mr. Seebohm thinks, in that of the River Ob also. It also 
nests on the Altai mountains, and in the mountains of Eastern 
Turkestan, and probably in the higher portions of the Hima- 
layan chain. In winter it is found plentifully in the latter range 
as far as Assam, and occurs at this season of the year in Afghan- 
istan and Baluchistan, as well as in Eastern Turkestan. It is on 
its autumn migration that it wanders into Europe, where it has 
been obtained in several countries, Russia, Denmark, Germany, 
Belgium, France, and Italy. 
Habits. — As might be expected, little has been recorded of 
the habits of this Ouzel. Mr. Seebohm writes : “ I met with 
it twice in the valley of the Yenesay, on my return journey from 
the Arctic Regions, between 6o°and 63° N. lat., early in August. 
I found it a very noisy, active bird. I was too late for the eggs, 
but the not fully-fledged young, three of which 1 secured, were 
a source of great anxiety to their parents, whose alarm-notes 
resounded on the skirts of the forest on every side. They 
principally frequented the neighbourhood of the villages on the 
banks of the river, where the forest had been cut down for fire- 
wood, and clumps of small trees were scattered over the rough 
pastures, where the cattle of the peasants are turned out to 
graze in the summer. They showed a marked preference for 
the pines, and were very wary. The males kept out of gun- 
shot, and I only secured one adult bird, a female. In its 
winter home it frequents a variety of situations, affecting in 
Eastern Turkestan, according to Dr. Scully, the trees lining the 
watercourses or growing near tanks, or it may be seen amongst 
the sand-hills and scrub-jungle. In India it is found in the 
more open woods at a level of from 3,000 to 8,000 feet, or it 
may be seen in the roads and pathways. Near Gwadar, in 
Baluchistan, Mr. Blanford found it frequenting the miserable 
apologies for gardens in that ‘ most desolate of inhabited spots 
on the earth’s surface.’ The food of this Thrush consists of 
worms and insects, and doubtless small snails, varied in autumn 
and winter with a diet of fruit and berries. In Eastern Tur- 
kestan it is known as the ‘ Jigda-churr, or ‘ Jigda-eater,’ as Dr. 
Scully informs us, from its feeding on the Eleagnus berries,, 
known as ‘Trebizond dates,’ and called 1 Jigda’ in Turki.” 
Nest. — Not yet described. 
